. He spent much of his adult life in the wars in Scotland, Wales, and abroad. In May 1304 he was with the King at the siege of Stirling. He, along with his uncle, Amauri de St. Amand, governor of Oxford Castle, and others, were imprisoned in the Tower for an alleged offense at Oxford, but he was soon acquitted. He was ceremoniously knighted, with many others, at the knighting of Prince Edward on 22 May 1306. In 1311 he was commissioned to survey Hastings and other castles and their defenses and to provide custodians for them, and on 29 Sep he was given charge of Berkhamstead Castle. In May 1313, he accompanied the King and Queen overseas to attend the coronation of Louis X. In 1315/16 he was a commander in Wales, and in Jul 1316 was at Bristol to settle the dispute between Sir Bartholomew de Badlesmere and the burgesses. In Jun 1317, the King granted him the manors of Gravesend in Kent and Kingsbury in Somerset, and on 26 Sep he had a grant of free warren in Saxlingham, Norfolk, and other of his manors. He was summoned to Parliament 20 Nov 1317 and later, and in Aug 1318 was made keeper of Abingdon Abbey. In Nov of that year he was appointed Seneschal of Gascony, where he died the following year. His widow, Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Piers de Montfort of Beaudesert, co. Warwick, survived him, and on 8 Jun 1322, she married Sir Thomas de Furnival, whom she survived.

. He spent much of his adult life in the wars in Scotland, Wales, and abroad. In May 1304 he was with the King at the siege of Stirling. He, along with his uncle, Amauri de St. Amand, governor of Oxford Castle, and others, were imprisoned in the Tower for an alleged offense at Oxford, but he was soon acquitted. He was ceremoniously knighted, with many others, at the knighting of Prince Edward on 22 May 1306. In 1311 he was commissioned to survey Hastings and other castles and their defenses and to provide custodians for them, and on 29 Sep he was given charge of Berkhamstead Castle. In May 1313, he accompanied the King and Queen overseas to attend the coronation of Louis X. In 1315/16 he was a commander in Wales, and in Jul 1316 was at Bristol to settle the dispute between Sir Bartholomew de Badlesmere and the burgesses. In Jun 1317, the King granted him the manors of Gravesend in Kent and Kingsbury in Somerset, and on 26 Sep he had a grant of free warren in Saxlingham, Norfolk, and other of his manors. He was summoned to Parliament 20 Nov 1317 and later, and in Aug 1318 was made keeper of Abingdon Abbey. In Nov of that year he was appointed Seneschal of Gascony, where he died the following year. His widow, Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Piers de Montfort of Beaudesert, co. Warwick, survived him, and on 8 Jun 1322, she married Sir Thomas de Furnival, whom she survived.